Monday, May 23, 2022

Basic timeline of Thomas Kuhn

This post is a basic timeline of philosopher Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996). There are 13 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • 1922: Born in Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 1940: Receives degree in physics from Harvard University
  • 1948: Begins teaching at Harvard University
  • 1957: Publishes The Copernican Revolution
  • 1956: Begins teaching at the University of California, Berkeley
  • 1961: Publishes The Function of Measurement in Modern Physical Science
  • 1962: Publishes The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
  • 1964: Begins teaching at Princeton University
  • 1977: Publishes The Essential Tension
  • 1979: Begins teaching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 1982: Receives George Sarton Medal
  • 1987: Publishes Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity
  • 1996: Died at age 73 in Cambridge Massachusetts